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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG CANYON BLACKLINING...FORT CARSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
752 AM MST WED NOV 4 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SHALLOW COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH LATE LAST NIGHT HAS LEFT A STRONG
INVERSION OVER SOUTH EAST COLORADO. THIS WILL MEAN COOLER DAYTIME HIGHS,
WEAK UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND POOR SMOKE DISPERSAL'S. THIS INVERSION IS NOT
EXPECTED TO MIX OUT TODAY.

A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE AREA WILL ALLOW FOR CLEAR SKIES
THROUGH THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH WARMER TOMORROW...WITH BETTER
SMOKE DISPERSAL'S AND STRONGER UPPER LEVEL WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68F.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 0700...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40F.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1200...THEN 5000 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1600...THEN 2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...CERU
REQUESTED BY...ANDY CULLAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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